Return To Nepal

2008 – Producer/director Robert Lang and cinematographer Guy Clarkson accompany musician Bruce Cockburn as he returns to the spectacular Himalayan country of Nepal after twenty years away.

He finds a land where much has changed, with a Maoist government recently installed, women newly empowered, and fresh initiatives to deal with the grinding poverty of the majority of the Nepali people. But its also a land where, in some of the remotest areas, life is lived much in the way it has for centuries salt caravans, subsistence farming on steep mountain terraces and off-the-grid villages connected by an ancient network of footpaths.

Path To Nepal

In 1987, singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn went to Nepal to help publicize the work of world development organization USC Canada. Upon return he wrote, narrated, and created an original score for this film, based on photos by Tom Kelly, directed by Robert Lang in 1987.